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About Richard

Baltimore County

I am incredibly grateful to be a Maryland filmmaker.

As a career documentary cinematographer, I typically shoot for and collaborate with others. I am now actively exploring the making of my own films. I recently completed Gun Show, a documentary on guns and gun violence as rendered by the interactive sculptures of David Hess who created a collection of (non-functional) assault rifles. We traveled to various locations, recording people's personal thoughts and feelings about guns while… more

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Cafeteria Man

CAFETERIA MAN is a documentary feature film about visionary chef Tony Geraci's radical transformation of school nutrition in Baltimore city. The film chronicles his pioneering efforts to implement a system-wide recipe for reform in a sluggish bureaucracy over a two year period. Geraci's successful ability to coordinate people and energize a city's desire for social change around issues of school food becomes a nationally recognized model of aspiration and possibility. The film premiered at the AFI Silver Docs festival in 2012,  was screened at 19 additional film festivals, and  nationally aired on the Documentary Channel and PBS. 



Directed and photographed by Richard Chisolm. Produced by Sheila Kinkade. Edited by David Grossbach. 

  • CAFETERIA MAN (TRAILER FINAL)
  • Richard Chisolm With Camera.
    Richard Chisolm With Camera.
    Filmmaker/Cinematographer Richard Chisolm
  • Cafeteria Man Poster
    Cafeteria Man Poster
  • Greenhouse Kids.
    Greenhouse Kids.
    Students learning greenhouse growing techniques.
  • Classroom Filming.
    Classroom Filming.
    Filming classroom education about sources of food.
  • Michael Pollan Interview
    Michael Pollan Interview
    Food author Michael Pollan reflects on the Baltimore school food situation.
  • Chef Tony Geraci
    Chef Tony Geraci
    Director of Food and Nutrition, Baltimore City Public Schools
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    • Bach and Friends

    Bach and Friends is a new documentary feature film that celebrates the music of Bach as interpreted by living musicians. Producer: Michael Lawrence. Director of Photography: Richard Chisolm.


    http://www.youtube.com/user/mlfilms#p/a/u/1/lJahQRJ0Tq8
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      bm21.jpg
      Bobby McFerrin discusses Bach's influence.
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      m-32-bridge-10-fingers--.jpg
      Cellist Matt Haimovitz plays Bach.
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      glass-74-w-copy.jpg
      Philip Glass interview.
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      joshbell2pix101.jpg
      Violinist Joshua Bell, interview.
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      Director of Photography Richard Chisolm.
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      Violinist Joshua Bell playing Bach's Chaconne.
    • Bach & Friends
      Excerpt from feature documentary on the work of J.S. Bach featuring living musicians.
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    • Hopkins

    A seven-part national ABC television documentary series on the real life drama of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Director of Photography/Field Producer: Richard Chisolm.
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      Richard Chisolm films medicine resident Dr. Ann Czarnik and patient at Hopkins Emergency Department/
    • "Hopkins" Trailer
      From the 6-part ABC TV series about Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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